Word: reynoldstown
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin, sat down to listen to a radio broadcast of the 97th running of the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree. A reporter asked him who he thought would win. Lord Mayor Byrne called for pencil & pad, puffed out his cheeks, wrote down his selections: 1, Reynoldstown; 2, Blue Prince; 3, Thomond II. The announcer said: "They...
...Aintree, two horses came to the last fence together, Thomond II got over first but faltered as he landed. Reynoldstown cleared neatly. In that moment, the result of the Grand National was decided. The Whitney horse, a flat racer trained to jump but lacking the stamina of a born steeplechaser, slowed down so badly that Lady Lindsay's Blue Prince, at 40-to-1. passed him in the stretch and took second place by three lengths...
Major Noel Furlong's Reynoldstown, a big black steeplechaser, bred by his modestly well-to-do owner in Ireland, was ridden by Major Furlong's son, a onetime officer in the Ninth Lancers, who finished second in the Grand National of 1933. In need of the ,?6.570 first prize for his forthcoming wedding, Gentleman Jockey Frank Furlong galloped strongly through the last heart-breaking uphill 300 yards. At the finish, Reynoldstown was first by three lengths. Said Frank Furlong: "I don't know...
...Washington, reporters gaped at the Right Honorable Alfred Byrne, against whose predictions any bookmaker would gladly have bet at odds of 1,000-to-1. Said he, less modest than Frank Furlong: "Anyone with half an eye could see that Reynoldstown would...